Enigma - Question for you...

[Simonauv]

Just looking at your photographs - they are beautiful - just wondering most of them are at focal length 100mm. Is that the 100m macro lens? And which flash are you using? Is it off the camera (like a slave) or hotshoe mounted? Your photos are just beautiful...

[enigma]

thx simon

yup it's the 100mm macro lens and 580EX flash + its wireless transmitter.

i position the flash on the top of the tank.

one flash is just not enough. getting another one soon. probably the 430 and it will be perfect

[Simonauv]

Sitting on top with a wireless transmitter - excellent Time to check out ebay I think...

I'd be getting two slaves sitting on flash-stands to put on either side now - that would be schmick Would make metering hard though.

You images are also fantastic examples of the DOF you can get with small apertures (large f-stops).

When I was shooting with normal SLR with a flash I would make my shutterspeed 1/60th because that was the speed at which the shutter was in synch with the flash - these dslr with dedicated flash units are great how they will synch at whatever shutter speed you set them aren't they...

Can you believe I sent my Canon 300D back to Canon for a warranty repair back in January and I STILL haven't got it back!!! When doing a sensor clean a spring popped out of the shutter mechanism when I was in New Zealand over New Years. I took it to Canon in Auckland and they put it back together, however, the auto focus then didn't work at small f-stops (didn't at large f-stops either but the huge DOF compensated for that and I got good focus - but that's to be expected). Sent it away and I have been without it ever since

Anyway - I'd love to see a whole lot more of your photos. They are book quality - maybe you should set up an aquarium gallery website - that would be cool.